James G. Spahn, M.D., FACS

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Pressure ulcer prevention basics
Pressure ulcer prevention basics
By
James G. Spahn, M.D., FACS
May 13, 2013

What exactly is a pressure ulcer? It is mechanical stress—pressure, shear or friction—that causes ischemic necrosis of at-risk soft tissue. Pressure ulcers were once thought to happen only to those...